Laustak Southend

I'm excited to be a part of this year's UK martial arts show where I'll be teaching a seminar and doing multiple demos on Glima!

Welcoming liam Williams to the uk martial arts show 2022

Also known as Viking Glima or Nordic Wrestling, Glima is a sport rarely practised outside of Scandinavia. It is the hand to hand combat system developed by the Vikings over a thousand years ago and used to devastating effect in battle, to settle disputes and for sport.

As one of the first Glima Academies in the UK, and part of an unbroken line which dates back to Viking-Age Scandinavia, Liam is proud to be a founding member of the UK Glima Federation as well as Hersir of Hird Hafn Southend, part of the Grimfrost Hird.

A Hird was a Viking-Age group of armed companions. The Grimfrost Hird is a global organisation that draws inspiration from the ancient Hird, focusing on reconstructing Viking-Age combat and life through comradery, enthusiasm and fun. Liam is a Hird head instructor for Glima.

Restrictions are easing, time to get back to training! 👊⚔️

Hopefully not long now until we can get back to training properly without having to worry about social distancing and we can start recruiting new members. Until then we work with what we've got to adapt and overcome! 👊